Horror master Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) directs a new Korean zombie thriller starring Gianna Jun and Koo Kyo-hwan.
Professor Se-jeong (Ji-hyun) is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside with no escape, Se-jeong along with a small group of survivors must fight to stay alive while the infected undergo horrific transformations.
Check out the trailer for COLONY.
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In 2016, Yeon Sang-ho’s TRAIN TO BUSAN redefined the contours of the zombie movie while ushering in the birth of a unique Korean zombie genre. It combined the dual elements of a train—a space that rushes relentlessly forward—and the breakneck speed of the story. To this was added a microcosm of Korean society—a father and daughter, a married couple, sisters, friends, and a self-serving bureaucrat—on a KTX express train bound for Busan. The film broke the 10-million-viewer mark with elements of suspense, humanity, and empathy. The film’s follow-up, PENINSULA, incorporated an apocalyptic setting—a core element of the zombie genre—into a story set four years after TRAIN TO BUSAN, depicting a Korea reduced to ruins by the zombie outbreak.
These two films inspired a wide range of subsequent K-zombie content, solidifying Director Yeon Sang-ho’s status as the undisputed master of the zombie genre. This is why his return to the big screen with COLONY, which after six years promises to reboot the zombie genre, is generating such intense anticipation among audiences.
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The infected in COLONY are not zombies driven solely by the instinct to bite. Starting out by crawling on all fours, they suddenly stand upright to walk on two legs and recognize humans before attacking them. The way these zombies evolve by moving in groups and updating their collective knowledge, along with the unstoppable chain of infection that follows is reminiscent of a societal landscape where information is exchanged in real time. Unlike the simpler conventions that characterize previous works in the genre, the survivors in COLONY are unable to predict the behavior or attack patterns of the evolving infected. Like a game where the difficulty increases with each level, the survivors must face new terrors and dangers brought on by the evolving infected to tread forward amidst extreme suspense.
Behind the scenes still of Director Yeon Sang-ho of the Horror film COLONY, a Well Go USArelease. Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment
